Peter Naulls wrote:
I've been using 2.5.0 for a year and a half. Not a single crash, and
although I've had a number of reboots, those have been either due to
changes in the kernel options or loss of power. My experience of Linux
on ARM hardware is that it is far more stable than on x86 (YMMV).
Ha
Ralph Siemsen wrote:
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:00:20AM +0200, Stefan Wuerthner wrote:
Well, I already get:
1. kernel boot messages
2. login for standard startup (multi-user)
Only the login for single user startup is missing...
Hmm, bizzare. Must be somethign strange about the way the debian boot
Ralph Siemsen wrote:
Are there still performance issues with 2.4.x kernels on ARM? Some times
ago I read a comparison which showed that 2.4.x kernels are much slower than
2.2.x.
I don't think this is the case anymore. I am using 2.4 on the
"autobuilders" which grind out RPMs, and so far there have
Good choice. I got one a couple weeks ago and while
it has some rough edges it is a nice peice of work.
I have a Netwinder, so I can do native compiles, but
haven't actually built anything for it yet. I use
mine mostly at work for usual PDA stuff, and it works
pretty well for that, but its nice to
I recently snagged one of these toys, and it is in fact
highly unstable. I have to do a full reset quite frequently.
As yet I have not attempted to boot Debian on it, although
I may reach that stage soon. It has some shortcomings but
is no worse that trying to run Debian on older systems a
few year
uch more than a silly toy and is actually quite useful!
- Doug
B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
Managed to scrimp and save enough to finally grab one of
these toys. I'm not sure what way to go with it, because
unlike most computers it already has Linux as the default
OS. Would it be better to keep the OS a
Managed to scrimp and save enough to finally grab one of
these toys. I'm not sure what way to go with it, because
unlike most computers it already has Linux as the default
OS. Would it be better to keep the OS and make an extension
to install debs, or go with Debian and modify alien to
install ipk'
Hey.
For what its worth, it seemed to compile ok for Woody,
other than taking a few hours and some warnings.
The unofficial debs are here:
http://www.gyrodynamic.net/debian/openmotif/
Cheers!
- Doug
Stefan Schwandter wrote:
B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
I'll give it a shot, but I'm not a
I'll give it a shot, but I'm not an official debian
developer yet so I can't upload it or anything.
Let you know how I make out shortly.
- Doug
Stefan Schwandter wrote:
> Hello again!
>
>
> Well, I still can't access the chroot on rameau, so I can't build and
> upload openmotif on arm myself. So p
Hmm. Maybe pass gcc the -S option and make an assembly code file?
-S Stop after the stage of compilation proper; do not
assemble. The output is an assembler code file for
each non-assembler input file specified.
By default, GCC makes the assemb
Michael D. Crawford wrote:
Doug,
Hmm. Maybe pass gcc the -S option and make an assembly code file?
-S Stop after the stage of compilation proper; do not
assemble. The output is an assembler code file for
each non-assembler input file specified.
Hi. I have had some experience building cross-gcc compilers, and the
gist of it is using the autotools "configure" program. Now, before
you go any further, I need to confirm that you app is running arm-linux
right? (Not CE). If so, then you will be booting an arm linux kernel
and will be using the
In fact, that is how I upgraded my tulip driver. I just thought
I'd be emphatic about it because it is a lot easier to do it
in the original state and it caused me some small hair-pulling.
Point taken, I think I will revise the text slightly Done!
I linked to the FAQ entry, hope thats ok.
- Dou
Just rewired and spiffified my home computer lab,
and took a snap of my winder server with the
Debian linux logo prominently displayed on the
monitor.
Just thought I'd send a link of a success picture
for fun and general encouragement.
http://www.gyrodynamic.net/arm.html
Runs great! Now to get that
I've never had the slightest trouble with this in Debian.
Are you using a non-standard keyboard, or is there anything
unusual about your setup? If its just a Netwinder it should
work. Make sure you have TERM=linux in your environment.
Maybe try vim instead of nvi? Does it only misbehave when
runnin
Hello.
Yes, your suggestion corrected the situation.
Thanks for your expertise.
- Doug
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Mr. B. Douglas Hilton,
(I received your message about menuconfig trouble
via linux-arm mailing list, so I don't have your
original message...)
gcc -o lxdialog checkl
h I grabbed from:
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.19/
and I just installed the .deb file. If you have a source tarball
around I could give it a try.
- Doug
Ralph Siemsen wrote:
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:42:35PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
Has anybody gotten either
Has anybody gotten either XConfig or Menuconfig
to work with Kernel 2.4.19 and a Netwinder? I did
copy the footbridge def-config to arch/arm/defconfig.
Here's what I'm getting (w/ Debian Woody):
...
Using defaults found in arch/arm/defconfig
Preparing scripts: functions, parsingscripts/Menuconfig:
Hehe. Yeah I have that problem on the Netwinder and
also the hppa C200. Being the command-line commando
that I am I just shrug and run my program from an
xterm. I typically use Enlightenment anyways so I
just make a .enlightenment/user-apps.menu which has
all my favorite progs and games on it.
Actu
I'm using xdrum as my initial Debian package
and am seeking sponsorship for it. So far I
have built in for i386 and ARM. It works on
my Netwinder with Woody just fine. Be sure to
"modprobe waveartist". Sounds a little weird
out of the tiny speaker, dunno how it sounds
on a set of real ones.
http://
Hello. I'm running Debian on my Netwinder. The image you want
should be here:
ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-arm/current/netwinder/images-2.88/
This image can be tftp-booted and will do a network install
of Debian for you.
You need to do a couple of things first:
(1) Upgrad
You guys better not steal my ideas or I'll be ... well, actually,
never mind ... Cool Idea (c) B. Douglas Hilton 2002 this idea is
released under the GNU General Public License and comes with
ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, see http://www.gnu.org for the full details :-)
If you use this idea in your der
hilip Blundell wrote:
On Fri, 2002-04-05 at 11:07, B. Douglas Hilton wrote:
I have a custom kernel-headers deb package for 2.4.16
on my web page http://webpages.charter.net/bdhilton/arm.html
but I am not a Debian developer (yet) and I just made it for my
Netwinder. I made it with make-kpkg, and it is
I have a custom kernel-headers deb package for 2.4.16
on my web page http://webpages.charter.net/bdhilton/arm.html
but I am not a Debian developer (yet) and I just made it for my
Netwinder. I made it with make-kpkg, and it is a lot better
than the default debian netwinder kernel.
I can try to build
lar
on ARM. Unfortunately, sound and video4linux
must remain as modules and it is not possible
to compile them monolithically. I figure that
a lot of people will continue to use the Netwinder
as a router / firewall even with Debian so this
makes sense to me.
Any comments?
- Doug
Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
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Hello,
I have a kernel image available on my web page
which you can install over the debian version.
It might not be a bad idea to install the 2.2.x kernel
just in case while your are at it.
First, copy your current kernel to make a backup
# cd /boot
# cp vmlinux-2.4.16-netwinder vmlinuz-2.4.16-net
The dww package doesn't install right. It just makes
a "menu.hook" file in /var/www/dwww and thats
it.
- Doug
It took a lot of late nights and some serious hacking,
but the little thing is now running 24/7 as a firewall
and router using a custom 2.4.16 kernel, iptables,
and fwbuilder.
I have X working at [EMAIL PROTECTED], sound and
video modules present but as of yet untested. Looks
like a great little bo
I didn't do either. I enabled "Config Hotplug" and
it magically compiled. I picked that tip up on
the net somewhere and have no idea how or
why it works, but it did. My kernel is about 650K,
with all the goodies. Had to build sound and
video as modules. It works great!
Later!
- Doug
Peter Naulls w
Yeah, something is wrong with your network
settings or something. It can't find/get the
file. Set the eth0 to "flash" and make sure you
can tftp the file from the server locally too.
Maybe look at your route1 settings too.
The "tftp not supported" is misleading, there
is just something misconfigure
You know,
... I might be able to make you a kernel here if
you'd provide me with some info on your hardware.
The Netwinder can bang out a kernel in an hour or
so, and I currently have my Arm kernel building
hat on :-)
- Doug
Ian Cooper wrote:
>Has anyone tried using Debian/ARM on a CerfCube
>(cerf
Hi,
All I see in the install dir...
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-arm/current
... is cats, lart, netwinder, and riscpc.
There is, however, a generic arm disk image tarball
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-arm/base-images-current/basedebs.tar
So maybe with
Ok, it was the kernel. I got a successfull build of the 2.4.16
kernel with make-kpkg and now I have X in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can make it available if anybody wants to play with it. It
is in "deb" format. I did not include the parallel port ide
or scsi driver support, but otherwise it has all the op
I found out that issuing the boot command: video=1024x768
I can get a flickering, squashed, weird display on bootup,
but it is really bad. 800x600 is acceptable, 1280x1024 is
worse than 1024x768, and 640x480 is probably the best.
My monitor's max capability is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyways, fbset works
Hi!
Well, I've been pretty successful with the Netwinder. I have
gotten "testing" installed and working. X is working. The mouse
is working in X. My firmware is now 2.3.3 and I did the tulip_upgd
thing, so it works too.
Now then, I would like to crank up my framebuffer resolution
to [EMAIL PROTECTE
Ah well I guess everything is ok. (Grumble) Hey what
do you expect for an exotic box like a netwinder?
A simple "modprobe ne2k", "ifup eth0" and "route ..."
got me crankin. Well, I'm going to bed. The netwinder
can download without my help.
Cheers!
B. Douglas Hil
After flashing my system to nettrom 2.3.3 now only the 10bT
ethernet is detected at boot. Ok, but upon booting, the
kernel vmlinuz-2.2.19-netwinder is bombing out with a
"No such device" error for eth0. This makes it pretty tough to
do the install since the Netwinder doesn't have floppy
or cdrom dr
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